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HTC Touch Diamond Sync Issue with Vista

When I upgraded my HTC Touch Diamond ROM (available here), I had trouble sync-ing with Windows Vista. I first managed to overcome it, but on reinstalling vista (for some other reasons), I faced the same issues again.

Here's a step-by-step guide to getting your HTC Touch Diamond to sync with Vista.

1. With your HTC Touch Diamond connected to your computer, go to Control Panel > Switch to Classic View > Device Manager



2. Right click PocketPC USB Sync and select 'Uninstall'

3. Once this is uninstalled, go to Control Panel > Programs and Features


4. You should see Windows Mobile Device Center. Uninstall it.



5. Now unplug you HTC Touch Diamond, and plug it back in. Everything should get reinstalled properly, and you should be good.
This is the screen you should see:



Go ahead and Set up your device.

Hope this helps!

Pausing and dialing on windows mobile

On a windows mobile phone - how do you dial a number with intermediate pauses? Simple - put in a comma (sorry, 'p' does NOT do the trick).
You can store your calling card numbers, bridge line numbers, doctors line etc -with the intermediate commas, and you'll be able to get through by just that contact.

For example, to dial 545-328-2571 option 1 and then pound sign, this is what you should dial on your phone: 545-328-2571,1,#
You can put in 2 commas (,,) in stead of 1, for good measure.

Activesync with Bluetooth

I've been trying to setup a bluetooth sync with my HTC Touch Diamond (Windows Mobile based) pda-phone, and my Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) OS.

Here's how I got it to work:

1. Go to settings > menu > bluetooth devices
2. Click 'Mode' and select 'Turn on Bluetooth' and 'Make this device visible to other devices'
3. Make sure bluetooth is turned on on your computer, and select 'Add new device' (I had to click on the bluetooth item in the system tray and then click 'Add' under 'Phones and Modems'
4. In the wizard that opens, select 'My device is set up and ready to be found' and click 'next'
5. Your computer will look for your pda/phone and should show it in the screen.
6. Select your phone, and click next. You will need to select a passkey - go ahead and set your own passkey
7. Your pda should now prompt you for the passkey - enter the same one.
8. Now your computer will show some installing happening, and finally should say 'your devices are ready to use'
9. On your pda, go to your bluetooth devices page, and check the services that are in place for the computer - make sure activesync service is selected
10. On your computer, under phones and modems, select your device and click 'properties'. In the services tab, activesync bluetooth service should be selected.
11. Now startup the 'sync center' on your computer.
12. from your pda, now open activesync, and select 'connect via bluetooth'
13. once the connection is established, select 'sync'.

That should do it!

Let me know how this turned out.